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LOT 0448
Natural History - Pair of Barasaurus Skeletons
EARLY TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 255 MILLION YEARS B.P.
11 5/8 in. (2.08 kg, 29.5 cm wide).
A pair of complete fossil Barasaurus besairiei skeletons on a matrix.
Provenance
From Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
Footnotes
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile.
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LOT 0448
Natural History - Pair of Barasaurus Skeletons
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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